Property Source

Namespace

Alternet.Editor.Wpf

Assembly

Alternet.Editor.Wpf.v9.dll

Source

Gets or sets an object that implements ITextSource interface containing an actual string data displayed by the control.

public virtual ITextSource Source { get; set; }

Property Value

ITextSource

Examples

Here is how to set a Source different TextSource from the C# code:

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        var textEditor1 = new Alternet.Editor.Wpf.TextEditor();
        var textEditor2 = new Alternet.Editor.Wpf.TextEditor();
        var textSource = new Alternet.Editor.Wpf.TextSource();
        textSource.LoadFile("myfile.txt");
        textEditor1.Source = this.textSource;
        textEditor2.Source = this.textSource;
    }
}

Here is how to set a Source different TextSource from the Visual Basic code:

Partial Public Class MainWindow
    Private Sub Window_Loaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
        Dim textEditor1 = New Alternet.Editor.Wpf.TextEditor()
        Dim textEditor2 = New Alternet.Editor.Wpf.TextEditor()
        Dim textSource = New Alternet.Editor.Wpf.TextSource()
        textSource.LoadFile("myfile.txt")
        textEditor1.Source = Me.textSource
        textEditor2.Source = Me.textSource
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Set this property to display text content from a different text source.

Source object can be assigned to several TextEditor controls so that they can provide multiple views of the text.